Album

Urban Hymns

The Verve

1997 · Rock

58 collectors on Gatefold own this

Urban Hymns by The Verve

Urban Hymns is an Alt/Indie album by The Verve, originally released in 1997. On Gatefold: 101 pressings tracked, owned by 58 collectors.

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This 1997 album would be The Verve's (and, arguably, Britpop's) swan song—at least until they reunited the following decade. <i>Urban Hymns</i> remains the band's greatest and most successful release, starting with the sweeping, strings-infused "Bitter Sweet Symphony." Exploring all manner of altered states—via drugs, love, and lucid dreaming—Richard Ashcroft is at his most introspective. Throughout, the band strikes a delicate balance between soft, solemn ballads (like highlights "Drugs Don't Work" and "Lucky Man") and extended jams of woozy, psychedelic rock.

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Tracklist

  1. 1Bitter Sweet Symphony5:57
  2. 2Sonnet4:21
  3. 3The Rolling People7:01
  4. 4The Drugs Don't Work5:04
  5. 5Catching the Butterfly6:26
  6. 6Neon Wilderness2:37
  7. 7Space and Time5:36
  8. 8Weeping Willow4:49
  9. 9Lucky Man4:53
  10. 10One Day5:02
  11. 11This Time3:51
  12. 12Velvet Morning4:57
  13. 13Come On15:14

Sound DNA

  • Alt/Indie
  • Britpop
  • lush
  • bittersweet
  • psychedelic

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58 collectors on Gatefold own this · 101 pressings tracked on Gatefold

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